Ectopic and undescended testes: 2 variants of a single congenital anomaly?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 961-963

  Hutcheson, Joel C ^a   Snyder, Howard M ^a   Zuñiga, Zachary V ^a   Zderic, Stephen A ^a   Schultz, Delray J ^a   Canning, Douglas A ^a   Huff, Dale S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Cryptorchidism; Testis; Tissue, ectopic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; DATA ANALYSIS; ECTOPIC TESTIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 0033954034     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67864-0     Document Type: Article

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